MEMORIAL DAY MASS: Will be celebrated on May 27, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. at Hillcrest Cemetery. Bishop Wall will be the celebrant. “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” Christians are no strangers to sacrifice. Jesus lays down his life for our redemption, martyrs remain faithful to the end, and every believer faces “deaths” in the spiritual life when love requires a re-ordering of preference and priority. On Memorial Day, we honor those who laid down their lives for their nation and for the values we espouse – freedom, justice, and a better world for our children. Intercede for those who have died and for the loved ones they left behind, and pray for peace on earth. The parish office will be closed....

Don’t forget that May is the Month of Mary. May 13 was the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, here’s a little refresher on the importance of this apparition and the requests that Our Lady made to the three children. Fatima, Portugal is one of the most revered sights in the Roman Catholic religion. It was in this tiny village where, starting in 1916, three small Portuguese shepherd children had encounters first with an...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, This weekend, May 18-19, our diocese will take up the Catholic Relief Services Collection. Your support of this collection serves as Jesus in disguise in some of the most marginalized communities in our world. In rural communities in Afghanistan, for example, children have limited access to education because of distance and the danger of commuting to public schools. In the remote village of Ghor, one of the poorest...

Pope St. John Paul II gave the Church a great gift on April 30, 2000, when he made the Sunday after Easter the Feast of Divine Mercy. In his 1980 encyclical Dives in Misericordia, he wrote, “Mercy differs from justice, but is not in opposition to it … Love, by its very nature, excludes hatred […]

Pope St. John Paul II gave the Church a great gift on April 30, 2000, when he made the Sunday after Easter the Feast of Divine Mercy. In his 1980 encyclical Dives in Misericordia, he wrote, “Mercy differs from justice, but is not in opposition to it … Love, by its very nature, excludes hatred […]

The Church is currently celebrating the Year of Consecrated Life, a special year designated by Pope Francis to recognize the many contributions of the consecrated religious orders which serve the mission of the Church around the world. This Year is not only significant for the men and women who belong to these orders, but for […]

The Church is currently celebrating the Year of Consecrated Life, a special year designated by Pope Francis to recognize the many contributions of the consecrated religious orders which serve the mission of the Church around the world. This Year is not only significant for the men and women who belong to these orders, but for […]

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, May God’s blessings and His peace be with you as we celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Diocese of Gallup. This past Summer I had the opportunity to go to two dioceses to preach the annual Mission Appeal. I visited the Diocese of Rockville Centre, NY, which contains Queens […]